Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

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Haas have asked for a review of the decision to disallow Oliver Bearman's final qualifying lap at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

The Briton's final lap was fast enough to qualify him to move beyond the first knock-out session, but it was deleted by governing body the FIA on the basis it was set after the session was stopped following a crash by Alpine's Franco Colapinto.

But Haas and Bearman believe the FIA stewards made a mistake, and that Bearman completed his lap before the red flag.

The US-based team have demanded an explanation for what happened and a strategy to avoid similar incidents in the future.

Well done, Williams. Alex Albon heads out thanks to the quick work by his mechanics to find and fix that suspected leak.

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Pole sitter Oscar Piastri, speaking to Sky Sports: "It's been a great weekend, I'm looking forward to this afternoon. There is some rain about so we will see what happens there."

On the plan for the start and Max Verstappen starting in second: "It would certainly help his chances and it would also help my race out if I could be in the lead too.

"We will see, I know how Max [Verstappen] is going to race and I know how I'm going to race so let's see. I will try and get the best start I can and hopefully I don't have to worry about it too much."

On the race: "It's a long race around here, a lot of laps and it's a circuit where if there is any lapse of concentration you're in the gravel and probably a wall.

"It's certainly not going to be straight forward and the tyres, well we don't know what's going to happen, they are softer than last year so we will see how many stops we have to do.

"I want to go ahead and win the race as that's going to help my championship as well, but let's wait and see. I will try and do my best."

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Oscar Piastri has secured what every driver wanted at Imola - pole position. The old school Italian circuit's mix of high-speed corners, chicanes and various bumps and unevenness throughout the lap can make passing an opponent a challenge, and can punish a mistake within the blink of an eye. The track also only has one DRS zone, which is on the main straight.

Since the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was added to the calendar five years ago, only Max Verstappen has converted his two pole positions into race victories. Former Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton were both unsuccessful from the head of the grid in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

If Piastri is successful today, he'll have won five of the seven races this season; the momentum for his title bid picking up pace during the first triple header last month.

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It's a good old school circuit and it's worth noting that this is the last time we will probably go racing at Imola, it's the end of the current contract.

It's highly likely that it won't be renewed in favour of newer, more modern circuits that bring in different types of audiences and more money in different parts of the world.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

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The session featured two red flags, the first for a terrifying accident for Yuki Tsunoda, who lost control on the entry to the Villeneuve chicane and spun across the gravel before the car was launched into the air off the tyre barrier.

It somersaulted and landed upside down, before righting itself upon landing. The Japanese was uninjured and able to walk away from the crash.

Tsunoda was not the only driver to hit the barriers, as Alpine debutant Franco Colapinto also spun into the barriers, this time at the Tamburello chicane.

Colapinto's was a less dramatic accident, as he lost control on the exit kerb and spun across the grass before going nose-first into the barrier. The Argentine was also unhurt.

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda will start the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix from the pit lane after the team changed the car's survival cell following his huge crash in qualifying, and fitted several parts of a new specification. A whole new engine as well.

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Franco Colapinto's first weekend back on the grid has been eventful.

The 21-year-old has replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine and has five races to prove he has what it takes to keep the seat for the rest of the season. A clean qualifying session would have been his main priority but sadly, it wasn't meant to be.

Not only was the Argentine involved in a heavy Q1 crash on Saturday (he did make it through to Q2 but did not take part), he's now been handed a one-place grid penalty following a rule breach for a misunderstanding between himself and his team.

Colapinto thought he had been waved out and wrongly entered the fast lane of the pit lane before the restart time had been confirmed, following the red flag for Yuki Tsunoda's earlier shunt.

He'll now take his place in P16, moving Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson up the order.

There is work going on down at the Williams garage - and it's on Alex Albon's side. It seems like his car may have sprung a leak, so the mechanics are frantically trying to get him up and running for the start. Albon is due to line up in seventh spot, one place behind team-mate Carlos Sainz.

There was loads to digest after yesterday's qualifying session, so have a listen to Ben Edwards, Andrew Benson and former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley pick the bones out of it on the Chequered Flag podcast as we go along today.

Lorraine McKenna
BBC Sport Journalist

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Hello, folks. Round seven has arrived and we're an hour away from lights out at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The historic Imola circuit is the first race of this second triple-header of the 2025 campaign. Monaco and Spain are coming up next.

Saturday's qualifying was packed with drama, from Yuki Tsunoda and Franco Colapinto's terrifying crashes to Ferrari's failure, in front of the home tifosi, to make it through to the Q3 pole fight.

Lights out today is at 14:00 BST.

The man who did come out on top was Oscar Piastri. The cool, clam and collected Australian banked his third career pole position ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and Mercedes' George Russell. Team-mate Lando Norris has his work cut out starting in P4.

With overtaking opportunities are at a premium on the narrow 4.909km track, a driver might have to make some bold decisions in effort to move up the order.

And if this Imola's last dance on the calendar for a while, please can we have a good one...